Relatively speaking, Fuxing Society is a latecomer in Shanghai, but now it has to compete with the previous forces for territory and profits. How can it be so easy?
The Fuxing Society does have a ready-made system, but it is specifically designed to deal with the Japanese. The Songhu Security Headquarters and the Shanghai Special Operations Brigade do not care about this. They have to take care of their own territory.
Dealing with the Japanese was a hot potato that no one wanted to get involved with, so when the Blue Clothes Club was doing this job, everyone was happy to watch and even give some support.
But when it comes to dealing with the underground party organizations of the Communist Party, these people will not behave like gentlemen. How can they give up their own interests to others?
Weng Bailing also had a headache. He wanted to increase the detection of underground party organizations. It was not a whim, nor was it the first thing that a new official did when he took office. It was pressure from above.
When he took over as branch president, he was specially called to Nanjing to receive training.
The principal is unhappy and the matter is serious.
Since the establishment of the Blue Clothes Club with great fanfare, there has been no record of detecting the underground party organization of the Chinese Communist Party. Removing Kang Ze from the position of president of the Shanghai branch is to some extent a disguised punishment.
The Blue Clothes Club did have significant achievements in dealing with the Japanese, but the principal believed that the threat from the Japanese was not the top priority. The top priority was to eliminate the Communist Party's underground organizations in major cities.
In fact, not only did the Blue Clothes Club have no results, but the Songhu Security Command and the Special Operations Brigade also failed.
In recent months, there seems to be no underground Communist Party organization in Shanghai. Is this normal?
If it is abnormal, it must be because the underground party organization of the Chinese Communist Party has become more sophisticated in its secret tactics, which makes it even more dangerous.
The principal couldn't calm down. He had been fighting the Communist Party for five or six years. He knew very well that the Communist Party could not abandon Shanghai. He did not discover their existence because his subordinates were incompetent.
Weng Bailing issued a military order in Nanjing, which was effective within three months and achieved great success within a year.
After returning to Shanghai, Weng Bailing searched hard for several days with no results, so he had no choice but to send a signal for help to Lu Ming.
Weng Bailing originally wanted Lu Ming to come up with a ready-made plan. When dealing with the Japanese previously, Lu Ming's thinking was very active and the action plan he came up with was effective.
But he didn't know Lu Ming well enough. If he knew Lu Ming's character, he wouldn't have asked Lu Ming to have this dinner. It would be better to open the skylight and talk openly, just ask and answer, and be done with it.
Because it is destined to be that there is no red among the green bushes, and the bamboo basket is empty.
Lu Ming did not have any obvious pro-communist behavior, but he opposed partisanship and fratricide among brothers. He never concealed this attitude and had expressed it to Deng Wenyi and Kang Ze before.
Lu Ming did not conduct a serious and careful analysis of the justice and injustice of the two parties.
He knew very little about the Communist Party. He only knew that they were martyrs who sacrificed their lives for their beliefs and were a group of ascetics who were willing to suffer for the people.
Lu Ming knew more about the situation of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Andrei and Peter had instilled theories in him for several months and showed him pictures of the Soviet Union's great achievements.
But Peter and Andre had one point of view that surprised Lu Ming. They did not seem to think that the Communist Party of China was the same organization as the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
They believe that the Chinese Communist Party is unwilling to accept the successful experience of the Soviet Union and refuses to take the path of urban riots. It has gone astray and will never become a major trend.
"Chief Lu, you already expressed your support for me on the day I was announced as my inauguration. You must help my brother in this matter." Weng Bailing said with a hint of pleading in his tone.
"President Weng, I can't achieve great things by myself. We still have to work together and work with cadres at all levels to come up with a feasible plan." Lu Ming declined.
Seeing that Weng Bailing had reached this point, he couldn't force it anymore, so he had to give up.
He did not think that Lu Ming meant to shirk the blame, and he also understood that the underground organization of the Communist Party was much more difficult to deal with than the Japanese. The previous major crackdowns were all due to luck, and important figures of the underground party were captured.
It just so happened that this important figure was a weakling who wanted to get rich and enjoy himself. Therefore, the Shanghai Special Operations Brigade made a great contribution and uprooted the underground party organizations in Shanghai and several nearby cities.
This kind of good luck does not come all the time. After the establishment of the Blue Shirt Club, they also arrested two underground party suspects of the Chinese Communist Party, but they did not get any confessions.
These two people can no longer be described as hard bones. Just like Stalin said, they are bodies made of special materials.
The two separated after dinner. In name, it was Weng Bailing who was treating the guests, but Lu Ming paid the bill. Weng Bailing didn't argue about this. Even his salary was paid by Lu Ming. There was nothing to argue about for this small amount of money.
Lu Ming did not go back to his apartment, but went to Sheng Youde's place.
He refused to give up his idea and was still making a last-ditch effort to find a safe evacuation route for the personnel involved in this operation.
Mr. Jiang gave him this task, and he did not hide it from Sheng Youde, but apart from Sheng Youde, not even Mu Yi and Ziyuan knew about it.
He knew that in terms of cunning and scheming, compared with Sheng Youde, he was not even as good as a primary school student, and at best he was just a kindergarten kid.
After Sheng Youde listened to Lu Ming's comprehensive introduction to the matter, he was silent for a long time. He could not think of any clever way to solve this problem.
Sheng Youde made it clear that he did not agree with assassination operations. He believed that the contest with the Japanese was long-term and at a higher level. Engaging in such retaliatory activities would indeed give a sigh of relief, but it would not be effective in changing the situation between China and Japan.
The balance of power has no effect.
Sheng Youde thought it was not worth it to exchange his own life for the heads of important Japanese figures. It was too cruel. Not to mention killing a few high-ranking Japanese officials, but what if he actually assassinated the Emperor of Japan?
The Japanese can have another emperor.
If the assassination operation is successful, it will indeed have some effect on boosting the anti-Japanese morale of the Chinese people, but there is no need to overestimate it.
Sheng Youde belongs to the British school and is opposed to all terrorist acts from the bottom of his heart. Whether it is assassinating enemy leaders or carrying out bombings targeting special groups, these are criminal acts and cannot be brought to the table.
Although Lu Ming received a British and American education, he was not pedantic in dealing with the Japanese.
He believed that as long as he could kill a high-ranking Japanese official, it would be worthwhile to make some appropriate sacrifices, but he could not accept it if he explicitly committed suicide.
The contribution that Lu Ming can accept certainly includes human and material resources, but it is definitely not a sacrifice of fresh life.
Lu Ming's initial idea was not to carry out a bombing in the park, but to set up an ambush at the entrance of the park and assassinate the Japanese after the celebration.
Operators can hide in several cars and wait for senior Japanese military and diplomatic officials to come out of the park. The operators will appear at lightning speed and use high-power submachine guns to assassinate them.
This plan was later rejected by himself because he learned that on the day of the celebration, only the cars of the consulate and Japanese generals were allowed to park at the entrance of the park, and no other cars were allowed to park.
That day I met Kenta in the park and discovered that the Japanese were building a lookout, making it even more difficult to hide at the entrance of the park.
Later, he further learned that the Japanese security measures were very thorough. After senior officials came out, the military police would form a human wall to escort them to the car.
If the action personnel blocked and fired, there would be exchange of fire, which would only kill or injure some military policemen, but would not harm senior officials and generals at all.
If the operators want to evacuate, it is not advisable to open fire for a long time in a confrontation. Once the bullets in the guns are fired, they must drive away immediately to avoid being surrounded and suppressed.
Not working at the entrance of the park, Lu Ming thought of using obstacles to intercept them on their way back, and then the operatives used guns to shoot at the vehicles of senior officials, killing each one.
This idea was rejected after An Gonggen reported it to Jin Jiu.
Jin Jiu had rich experience in dealing with the Japanese. He immediately asked An Gonggen to tell Lu Ming that the vehicles used by Japanese senior officials and generals were bulletproof, and submachine gun bullets could not penetrate the armor of the vehicles at all.
Lu Ming was convinced. Little Japan was indeed very shrewd and did everything in a coordinated and step-by-step manner.
In terms of preventing someone from assassinating their officials, they have achieved a watertight level and have almost plugged all the loopholes.